Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third of all sales

Re:Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third ... by freehunter on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @10:45PM (#18812651)

But if Country A doesn't supply weapons to Country B, someone else will. Maybe someone who will sell them a nuke. Or chemical weapons. Or maybe Country B goes to their last resort and builds a dirty bomb to fight Country C instead of civilized bombs and tanks.

There's a game theory discussion to be had about negotiating with terrorists, but at the end of the day that oil is still getting burned and the damage is still being done.

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Re:Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third ... by A2017U1 on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:11PM (#18812763)

Governments don't have an urgent pressing need to purchase the shiniest new weapons though, the comparison isn't valid. They do urgently need oil to stay in power, plenty have been thrown out over far less. If hypothetically the world's biggest oil exporters stopped overnight there'd be widespread geopolitical instability/war within a month after reserves are gone.

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